Furnace panel
AssigneeNicholas Rymarchyk
InventorsNicholas Rymarchyk, George Cingle, Eric Tierney
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Abstract
A water-cooled, bi-metal copper and steel furnace panel including one or more passageways for enabling gaseous and/or particulate matter to be discharged into a furnace vessel through the panel. The passageways may support metal treatment apparatus. The panel has a front plate made of copper and a rear plate made of steel. The front and rear plates are welded or otherwise joined to one another to define a water coolant passageway for cooling the front plate of the panel. An array of vanes is selectively securable to the inner face of the outer steel plate in any desired number and arrangement suitable to accommodate the gaseous/particulate matter discharge passageway(s) and the cooling requirements of the front plate.
Claims12
A furnace panel comprising:
- an inner copper plate;
- an outer steel plate;
- the inner and outer plates being joined together to form a hollow bi-metal panel through which water is flowable;
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- passageway means for enabling at least one of gaseous and particulate matter to be discharged into a furnace vessel through the panel.
A modular furnace panel unit comprising:
- a plurality of furnace panels, each of said panels comprising:
- an inner copper plate;
- an outer steel plate;
- the inner and outer plates being joined together to form a hollow bi-metal panel through which water is flowable;
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- passageway means for enabling at least one of gaseous and particulate matter to be discharged into a furnace vessel through the panel;
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- a frame within which said panels are mounted, said frame being mountable in a furnace wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.